VR union
  • Employment Terms
    Employment Terms
    • Collective Wage Agreements

    • Collective Wage Agreements
    • Other wage agreements
    • Guest Reception
    • Working hours

    • After-hours/ night-time and overtime wages
    • Lunch and coffee breaks
    • Standby shifts
    • Children's and adolescents' work hours
    • Rest periods
    • Public holidays and major public holidays
    • Remote working
    • Wages

    • Pay scales
    • Wages of young people
    • After-hours/overtime- and special major holiday work
    • Wage calculations
    • Wage increases - overview
    • Wage interview
    • Holiday bonus
    • December bonus
    • Per diem allowance and driving expenses
    • Impassability – Closures due to weather
    • Holiday rights

    • Holiday pay
    • Maternity/Paternity Leave and Parental Leave
    • Illness during holidays
    • FAQ's - Holiday and holiday allowance
    • Sickness leave rights

    • Accident insurance
    • Bereavement Leave
    • FAQ's - Illness, work accidents and work related diseases
    • New Collective Wage Agreements 2022

    • Employment

    • Accrued rights
    • Contractual work
    • Employment interview
    • Notice period for termination

    • Term of notice
    • ...due to a company’s bankruptcy
    • Limitations on terminations
    • Collective redundancy
    • FAQ's - Termination of employment
    • In the work market

    • Youth in the work market
    • For job seekers
    • For wage payers
    • Pension fund
    • Foreigner's rights
    • Senior members
    • Wellbeing at work

    • Bullying in the work place
    • Sexual harassment
    • Company bankruptcy

    • Wage collection
    • Bankrupt company
    • Know your rights

    • Shop stewards

    • Shortening of the working week

    • Shortening of the working week
    • Suggestions for implementation
    • FAQs
    • Safety guards

    • Being a gigger

  • Grants & funds
    Grants & funds
    • VR Sick Pay Fund

    • Sickness per diem payments
    • Accident benefits
    • Death benefits
    • Illness and children’s accidents
    • Grants from the Sick Pay Fund
    • VIRK Vocational Rehabilitation
    • What does the VR Sick Pay Fund do for you?
    • VR Contingency Fund

    • What can I use the fund for?
    • More about the VR Contingency Fund
    • Vocational training grant

    • Grants due to vocational courses and studies
    • Leisure courses
    • Travel grants
    • Holiday related grants

  • Surveys
    Surveys
    • Company of the Year 2023

    • Company of the Year list
    • Company of the Year 2023
    • Model Firms 2023
    • Family-Friendly Firms 2023
    • Company of the Year 2022

    • VR Wage Survey 2023

    • Wage calculator February 2023
    • How to read the numbers
    • VR wage calculator 2022

    • VR wage calculator September 2022
    • How to read the numbers
  • Calculators
    Calculators
    • Paycheck 2023

    • Paycheck 2022

    • December Allowance Calculator

    • Wage Developments

    • Holiday Allowance

    • Salary Survey

  • About VR
    About VR
    • Organization and management of VR

    • Board of VR
    • VR Subdivisions
    • The Council of Representatives
    • Shop stewards
    • VR Complaints Committee
    • Events

    • The laws of VR

    • The laws of VR
    • Regulations and Rules of Procedure of the VR Sick Pay Fund
    • VR Labour Dispute Fund Regulation
    • Laws and regulations in the labour market
    • VR Holiday Pay Fund
    • The Rules of Procedure for the Commercial Workers’ Vocational Training Fund
    • News

    • Office opening hours

    • Membership fee and membership

    • Social Responsibility

    • The VR campsite

    • VR’s Privacy Statement

    • Use of cookies
    • Digital Competence

    • Offers to VR members

    • Know your rights

  • Career development
    Career development
    • Take the next step

    • Education

    • Real skills assessment
    • Overview of education in Iceland
    • Evaluation of studies from abroad
    • Career development

    • The employee interview
    • Strengths and skills
    • Career development advice
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Offers to VR members

Quick links

  • Collective Wage Agreements Nýtt
  • Working hours Nýtt
  • Shop stewards Nýtt
  • New Collective Wage Agreements 2022 Nýtt
  • Your rights at work - labour.is Nýtt

What is your digital competence?

21. September 2023

On stafraenhaefni.is you can take a self-assessment test that gives you an idea of what your digital competence is and compares it to others in your profession.

VR union meeting

14. September 2023

VR's union members meeting will be streamed online on Thursday, September 21 at 18:30.

Recent News

  • Blow to families and a setback in the fight for equality - resolution of the board of VR regarding changes in preschool matters in Kópavogur

    22. August 2023

  • VR stops doing business with Íslandsbanki

    18. August 2023

  • Construction of VR housing launched

    10. August 2023

  • Happy Commerce Day!

    07. August 2023

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VR on social media Stay tuned for intravenous news and information

  • VR Facebook Page
  • VR Instagram Page
  • VR Youtube Page

Events

All Events
Seminars
Seminar for VR members - Wage interview

Kl. 9:00-10:30

27Sep
VR's meeting room on the 9th floor and online via Teams
Lunch lectures
Online lunch lecture - Shortening of the Workweek

Kl. 12:00-12:45

05Oct
VR union
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  • Kringlunni 7, 103 Reykjavík
  • Phone: 510 1700
  • Email: vr@vr.is
  • Office hours
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  • Employment Terms
  • Collective Wage Agreements
  • Working hours
  • Sickness leave rights
  • Notice period for termination
  • Grants & funds
  • VR Sick Pay fund
  • VR Contingency fund
  • Vocational training grant
  • Calculators
  • Paycheck 2022
  • December Allowance Calculator
  • Wage Developments
  • About VR
  • Office opening hours
  • Organization and management of VR
  • Membership fee and membership